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Crazy Rich Asians Gala (Free trip to Singapore), Founders Breakfast feat. Founder of Thoropass (~$100M raised), Scaling to $5M+ ARR Founders & VCs Fireside Chat, & more!

November 14, 2024

Hey homies,

Wanted to share about our exciting GRAND RAFFLE PRIZE for our Crazy Rich Asians FAANG++ & Ivy++ Gala this December (Non-Asians are welcome!! It is just the theme :)), thanks to the kind generosity of Singapore Global Network!

More about the gala below!

Spotlights

Join us for an engaging fireside chat on achieving $5M+ in revenue with less than 100 employees as a founder and what it takes to raise money from strategic investors, co-hosted with Perkins Coie and Supermomos, and supported by Justworks.

Helen Altshuler is the Co-Founder & CEO of Engflow (raised $21.7M). With over 20 years in the technology industry, Helen has held executive and leadership roles at Google, JPMorgan Chase, and PeerIQ. At Google, she managed engineering for Google Maps and led community adoption of the open-source build system Bazel.

Karen Wang is an Investment Principal at Deutsche Bank Venture Capital based in New York. She invests in Series A/B enterprise software companies.

Take your networking skills to the next level with expert guidance from our friends at Kadima Careers. We’re bringing together a dynamic crowd of ambitious professionals eager to uplevel their careers, including product managers, software engineers, data analysts, UX/UI designers, and others in finance and tech-adjacent fields.

This Speed Networking event is designed to help you make new friends and valuable connections quickly and meaningfully. You’ll have 2-3 minutes per round to connect with peers matched to your current role or field, maximizing your chances of meeting professionals who share similar career paths, goals, and interests. Our structured format ensures you’ll meet a diverse set of individuals, gaining insights, advice, and contacts that can accelerate your career journey and life!

With limited spots available, secure your place at this in-person event and join a community driven to grow. And if networking with talented professionals isn't enough, we'll have food and drinks to fuel great conversations. Don’t miss out—let’s accelerate your career (and life) together!

Invite & approval only: Venture-Backed Founders or Founders with more than $500K in ARR or Total Funding Raised. There will be a fun AMA session with Co-Founder & CEO of Thoropass (raised ~$100M), where you can ask him anything from finding PMF to growing revenue!

Make new connections with other like-minded Founders and VCs, co-hosted with Justworks, Thoropass, and Supermomos.

A complimentary full, hearty breakfast will be provided. It will be a great time - expect to come away with new learnings, curated connections and conversations, and a full stomach!

We will have a private room to ourselves, where we will also facilitate conversations at your table over breakfast. There will also be time for networking and meeting other Founders and VCs.

AI Founders who have $10-100M+ in revenue or funds raised only.

A complimentary exquisite dinner will be provided, co-hosted with HSBC and Supermomos! It will be a great time - expect to come away with new learnings, curated connections and conversations with like-minded founders & funders, and a full stomach!

Our dinner will feature George Mathew, a Managing Director from Insight Partners. There will be a short AMA session with him for founders to ask him anything, from the state of the markets to AI to funding and growth! George is the Managing Director at Insight Partners, focusing on venture-stage investments in AI, ML, Analytics, and Data Companies. He is also a technical advisor to the C3.ai Board, an enterprise AI application development platform. With over two decades of experience developing high-growth technology startups, George has many notable mentions, including taking Alteryx through its IPO as the President & COO, serving as the CEO of Kespry, a drone-based aerial intelligence company, growing the second-largest portfolio of Business Intelligence as the Group VP & General Manager in SAP, and many more.

We will have a private room to ourselves, where we will also facilitate conversations at your table over dinner. There will also be time to network and meet other founders and VCs.

Celebrate the changing of the seasons in style at our FAANG & IVY Holiday Gala, presented by Supermomos, promising an unforgettable evening of elegance, dancing, and networking among the brightest minds from the world's most prestigious universities and companies.

Get ready for an evening of sophisticated fun with new friends from companies like J.P. Morgan, Google, Airbnb, Microsoft, Uber, Stripe, Amazon, Salesforce, American Express, Verizon, Apple, Netflix, BlackRock, LinkedIn, Dropbox, Spotify, ByteDance, Bloomberg News, Meta, MongoDB, and more!

Expect:

Chill vibes conducive to talking in themed sections around fun, games, and love. Epic DJ, music, and dancing. A decked-out photo booth. Raffles and prizes for the best-dressed ones facilitated by Minipass! Your chance to end the 2024 with a bang.

* Check-in: Grab your wristband indicating your relationship status (single/taken/complicated)

* Game Lounges: At the back, find our game lounge with Jenga, Exploding Kittens, and more!

* Professional Networking Section: Meet fellow software engineers, product managers, sales & BD, marketing, strategy & bizops friends and discuss work or side hustles! You can identify people's functions based on the color of their name badges :)

* Singles-Only Section: Love is in the air, come down to our singles section managed by TanTan and meet new friends, connections, or your perfect match👀

**Our GRAND RAFFLE PRIZE is a free round trip ticket to Singapore on Singapore Airlines! Brought to you by Singapore Global Network. Ticket holders to the gala can RSVP here to enter the raffle!

Dress to impress: The dress code is chic semi-formal winter wear! Keep an eye out for the colored wristbands and name badges that all attendees will wear to signify their relationship status and current professional functions - so you can meet the right like-minded people, for professional or personal reasons!🤫

Supermomos is NYC's premier platform for connecting with professional communities in technology, business, and finance. We're dedicated to bringing people together in real life to foster meaningful connections and knowledge exchange, all while facilitating the participation of female and underrepresented minority groups.

Examples of past soirées here, here, and here!

Purchase your VVIP Tickets here, which come with a VIP wristband to bypass the queue and gain access to our VIP lounge, free drink ticket, free coat check, access to participate in our mystery game involving a mini momo plushie which you can take home, and 5 raffle entries! Prices go up next week!

(psst... Super Diners Club Members get complimentary VIP wristbands or 30% off VIP passes👀)

ALL ethnicities and all levels of cooking expertise are welcome!

Join us this season for an unforgettable Friendsgiving Potluck that celebrates the diverse and delicious world of Southeast Asian cuisine and more, co-hosted with the Singapore Global Network! Come along and bring a dish that speaks to your heritage or your culinary curiosity. Whether it's a family recipe that's been passed down through generations or a new dish you've mastered, we invite you to share your culinary story.

As we gather around the banquet of home-cooked wonders, you'll have the opportunity to meet new friends from around the globe. Connect over shared love for food & learn about the origins and traditions behind each dish shared by Supermomos community!

If you are interested in modeling for our international fashion show, please indicate your interest here🙌 

Super Diners Club is a members-only experience that connects curious and open-minded people like you for dinners twice a month, right here in NYC! You will become part of an ongoing experience that brings strangers together as friends, one carefully curated table at a time.

Membership-only: Apply for membership by RSVPing here. There will be a short 10-min interview process for those that make it past the first screen - we will schedule one with you within 24 hours if you are shortlisted. Total turnaround time from the time you apply will be less than 72 hours. Next Nov dinner date is Nov 26.

Invite & Approval: Founders & VCs only

Join us for an engaging fireside chat on finding PMF, growing revenue, and disruptive business models in healthcare and life sciences, and what it takes to raise from investors in the field, co-hosted with Perkins Coie and Supermomos, and supported by Justworks!

Oriana Papin-Zoghbi is the Co-Founder & CEO of AOA Dx (raised $24M+), an innovative early-detection platform for the fight against cancer. Recently honored in Inc's 2022 Top 100 Female Founders, Oriana has global experience in creating and leading organizations to successful strategic exits, a technical record of market entry strategies and product launches, and has brought disruptive diagnostics to market, changing the landscape of clinical practice.

Silvia Garcia Codony is the Associate Vice President of NY Ventures at Empire State Development, New York’s chief economic development agency. She invests in diverse entrepreneurs, fund managers, and accelerators at all stages of growth and development. Silvia is also an entrepreneur and life sciences executive with over 20 years of experience in medical devices, biotech, and digital health. Before becoming a venture investor, she co-founded a company in digital health to help people recover from trauma.

This event is part of our Female Founders & Funders series but all genders are welcome to join.

Events this week

Summer highlights!

Wed, Nov 20, 1:30 PM: SEEN 2024

Thu, Nov 21, 8:30 AM: November Private Founders Breakfast  Spotlight

Wed, Dec 11, 6 PM: FAANG & IVY Holiday Gala☃️☃️☃️  Spotlight

Fri, Jan 17, 2:47 PM: Ski/Snowboard Day Trip

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What happened last week

Our community came together last week for a panel on transatlantic investor conversations, an intimate angel investing conversation, and a fireside chat on navigating couples finances. Huge shoutout to Amelia, Theo, Iwan, David, as well as Sol, Ana, and Ronke from Neptune for making these amazing gatherings possible🤩

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Signing off from The Yard! (Super good value memberships available starting from $169 per seat - quote SUPERMOMOS VIP)
Edwina